A balanced composition or design is one where the visual weights of

all the elements are equally distributed.

Balance-principle of design

Gorzycki MS Art

When do you think about Balance?

And in Design!!!!!!

Symmetrical balance

Symmetrical Balance Symmetrical balance occurs when visual

elements are mirrored from side to side or top to bottom.

When symmetry occurs with similar, but not identical, forms it is called approximate or formal symmetry.

Asymmetrical balance

Asymmetrical Balance Asymmetrical balance occurs when the

weight of a composition is not exactly mirrored, yet still achieves a sense of harmony in the design.

Often there is one dominant form that is offset by many smaller forms.

In general, asymmetrical compositions tend to have a greater sense of visual tension.

Asymmetrical balance is also known as informal balance.

Radial balance

Radial Balance Elements of a design radiate from a

central focal point in a balanced, almost circular scheme.

The central point does not have to be in the dead center of the design.

Radial balance is used infrequently.

Mandala

Millions of grains of sand are painstakingly laid into place on a flat platform over a period of days or weeks before ultimately being dismantled in order to release and disseminate the deity's blessings into the world

The designs are made fromTibetan images that includes geometric shapes and a multitude of historical Buddhist spiritual symbols. he sand-painted mandala is used as a tool for consecrating, or blessing, the earth and its inhabitants, and provides for the practitioner a visual framework for establishing the enlightened mind of the Buddha

What type of Balance do the Tibetan Monks use in their Mandalas?

Symmetrical

Asymmetrical

Radial

What are symbols that you use everyday?

ArE LETTERS SYMBOLS?

What are fonts? Be patient with me while I load the you

tube video = )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOgIkxAfJsk

history of typography

What art elements does the narrator use to describe the differences?

How does this all connect?

Your project:

1. Find a saying or word that is inspirational to you. (mine: Dream it!)

2. Select an established font to use. ( I used the Disney font) 3. Draw it to completely fill the triangle. (more on creating the

triangles later)4. Trace with ebony pencil and rub to transfer to create a radially

balanced design using the “symbols” of american writing to create a mandala

5. Outline with sharpie, erase smudges6. Select a color scheme, use prisma colors to color each triangle

identically.